Nature, astonishingly simple, yet mysterious is the essence of my art. I work with the phenomena of our physical world tied up with nature as an inherent part of our humanness.
I marvel at the beauty around me in New England - and am inspired by wanderings across the Mediterranean and the western US.
Much of my work is about crossings made in transitory times — a shift from season to season, crossing the sea from one shore to another. Chasing the waning light of a previous age or embarking on a new venture, crossings are inevitable.
Member of The Boston Printmakers, New England Book Artists, and Monotype Guild of New England.
Elisa Lanzi is a visual artist and writer working at the intersection of printmaking, collage, and hand papermaking.
As a 15 + year member of Zea Mays Printmaking Studio (Florence, MA), she is skilled in multiple green printmaking practices. Raised in an artistic family, Elisa has created art through study and practice since her early years. Her art history and literature studies were accompanied by studio work, and advanced by apprenticeships and workshops. Over the past several years she has added book making to her artistic repertoire. Elisa’s papermaking experience was at Trout Paper, a hand-papermaking atelier in Washington County, NY.
Elisa’s work is exhibited in juried and invitational settings, including solo shows, “Silk Roads/Paper Trails” and “Capriccio: Prints and Collage.” She is represented in the Smith College Special Collections, Hampshire College Library, Zea Mays Printmaking Flat File Gallery, and the Herman B. Wells Library at the University of Indiana, Bloomington as well as in many private collections.
Actively engaged in the arts community – curating, giving talks and teaching workshops, Elisa also co-created an online tutorial series, "Pulp Dreams" on DIY making paper at home.
In addition to her art-making practice, Elisa has had a long career in libraries, museums, and art information organizations. Elisa grew up in an Italian American family in Rochester, NY and currently lives in western Massachusetts.